I really, really, REALLY (really?!) like Gnome though I've taken a look at other X Windows programs, and I really don't like them. Blackbox, Fluxbox, Enlightenment. They're boring :(
I've heard Ximian Gnome is fast. -pat On Tuesday, October 1, 2002, at 02:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The beige G3 will have 384 MB of RAM...or maybe a bit more...not sure. >> >> Will it run at a decent speed? I've heard YDL runs very fast on older >> machines, machines that won't run OS X at all. So I'm hoping it lives >> up to that promise. > > 384 will be plenty. I used to have 160MB in my beige G3 and > YDL was quite happy with that -- very rarely hitting the swap > partition. I now have 416MB in it, just because 256MB SDRAM > was really cheap last year... might come in handy if I put > OSX on it, too. > > One thing that will really make a difference is to replace the > huge desktop systems (KDE & Gnome) with a mid-level window > manager like AfterStep. First time I installed YDL 2.2 and > AfterStep, it felt so fast it made my eyes water. :-) > > -- > Larry Kollar, Senior Technical Writer, ARRIS > "Content creators are the engine that drives > value in the information life cycle." > -- Barry Schaeffer, on XML-Doc > > > > -- > MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
